Greetings all. This forum has already helped me muck my way through getting my first aquarium. I bought a used 55 gallon tank that was set up at a LFS. It came with a Marineland Magnum 250H HOB filter and a Powerhead 402 connected to a UG filter, and the gravel. My wife and 7 year old daughter had a blast "accessorizing" the tank.
We filled it up on Saturday (19th), treated the water with Stress Coat, and turned on the pumps. Oops, I quickly realized that you have to prime the 250... I have been running since and have a few questions.
The cloudiness (whitish) has not cleared up yet. Am I violating the number one law of patience here?
I looked in the Magnum filter and it has a basket with a foam type filter on the outside. Is there something else that goes in it? Isn't there supposed to be some sort of carbon filter media?
The chemistry is the following: Nitrate is 20, Nitrite is 0.0, pH is 7.2, temperature is 78, and Ammonia levels started at 0.0, went up to 0.5 and is now 0.25. I read where you can cycle a tank using fish. I thought I would start with a few zebra danios and platies, I read they are very durable and I want these fish as part of my community tank when all the tank is fully cycled.
The big question (I am not sure if this is more from my 7 year old or from me) is when to add the fish?
Thanks to all
We filled it up on Saturday (19th), treated the water with Stress Coat, and turned on the pumps. Oops, I quickly realized that you have to prime the 250... I have been running since and have a few questions.
The cloudiness (whitish) has not cleared up yet. Am I violating the number one law of patience here?
I looked in the Magnum filter and it has a basket with a foam type filter on the outside. Is there something else that goes in it? Isn't there supposed to be some sort of carbon filter media?
The chemistry is the following: Nitrate is 20, Nitrite is 0.0, pH is 7.2, temperature is 78, and Ammonia levels started at 0.0, went up to 0.5 and is now 0.25. I read where you can cycle a tank using fish. I thought I would start with a few zebra danios and platies, I read they are very durable and I want these fish as part of my community tank when all the tank is fully cycled.
The big question (I am not sure if this is more from my 7 year old or from me) is when to add the fish?
Thanks to all